Somerset County, Maryland Farm Subsidies

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Somerset County in Maryland received $11.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 4,397 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

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National Rank

#2008 of 3087

Rank in Maryland

#14 of 23

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Total Subsidies

$11.6M

Payments

4,397

Peak Year

2019

$3.1M

Avg Payment

$3K

43% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Somerset County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $3.1M. The average payment of $3K is 43% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

Year	Subsidies	Payments	Avg Payment
2025	$1.7M	326	$5K
2024	$504K	211	$2K
2023	$515K	230	$2K
2022	$831K	203	$4K
2020	$2.6M	930	$3K
2019	$3.1M	1,030	$3K
2018	$724K	533	$1K
2017	$1.6M	934	$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Somerset County

Somerset County, Maryland is one of 3,087 U.S. counties receiving USDA farm subsidy payments. Over the nine-year period from 2017 to 2025, the county received $11.6M across 4,397 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Somerset County's peak in 2019 coincided with the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments designed to offset losses from trade tensions.

Data on this page comes from USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, which are public records available under the Freedom of Information Act. All payment data is aggregated at the county level — individual recipient details are available on our top recipients page.